Cockfield Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Mississippi}}

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| name = Cockfield Formation

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| type = Formation

| age = Paleogene

| period = Paleogene

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| namedby = T. Wayland Vaughan{{cite journal|last1=Vaughan|first1=T.W.|title=The stratigraphy of northwestern Louisiana|journal=The American Geologist|date=1895|volume=15|page=220}}

| region = Mississippi, Louisiana

| country = United States

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| underlies = Moodys Branch Formation

| overlies = Cook Mountain Formation

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The Cockfield Formation is a geologic formation in Mississippi. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.